'Malthus' definitions:
Definition of 'Malthus'
(from WordNet)
noun
An English economist who argued that increases in population would outgrow increases in the means of subsistence (1766-1834) [syn: Malthus, Thomas Malthus, Thomas Robert Malthus]
Definition of 'Malthus'
From: GCIDE
- Malthus \Malthus\ prop. n. Thomas Robert Malthus, an English economist who argued that increases in population would outgrow increases in the means of subsistence (1766-1834).
- Syn: Thomas Malthus, Thomas Robert Malthus. [WordNet 1.5]